8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. 179. ST. MATTHEW, V. 3—11. 3 BLESSED are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. 5 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 10 8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against. you falsely, for my sake. 180. THE LORD'S PRAYER. 15 OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. 20 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, For 25 Amen. ever and ever. Common Prayer Book. 3 181. ST. MATTHEW, XIII. 3—9. -BEHOLD, a sower went forth to sow; 4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, 30 and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth : : 5 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them. 8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 182. I. CORINTHIANS, XIII. 1 THOUGH I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, 10 and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, 15 I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth 20 not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all 25 things, endureth all things. 30 35 8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face; now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 15 184. A FAREWELL. My fairest child, I have no song to give you; Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; CHARLES KINGSLEY. |